Richmond Shall Not Be Given Up
“Richmond shall not be given up! It shall never be given up!” -Gen. Robert E. Lee Richmond Shall Not Be Given Up: The Seven Days’ Battles, June 25-July 1, 1863 Savas Beatie, 2017 192 pp; 150 images, 13 maps ISBN: 978-1-61121-355-3 Click here to order * * * About the Book: In the […]
Read more...A Season of Slaughter
“One thing is certain of this campaign thus far, and that is that more blood has been shed, more lives lost, and more human suffering undergone, than ever before in a season.” — Dr. Daniel Holt, 121st New York Infantry A Season of Slaughter: The Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, May 8-21, 1864 by Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White Savas […]
Read more...Simply Murder
“What a bloody, one-sided battle this was. It was simply murder . . . . We can see when we have a chance; here we had none.” — Union soldier Simply Murder: The Battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862 by Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White Savas Beatie, 2012 192 pp.; 6 maps, 205 pictures ISBN: 978-1-61121-146-7 […]
Read more...Strike Them a Blow
“If I can get one more pull at [Grant], I will defeat him.” — Robert E. Lee “Everything looks exceedingly favorable to us.” — Ulysses S. Grant Strike Them a Blow: Battle Along the North Anna River, May 21-25, 1864 by Chris Mackowski Savas Beatie, 2015 192 pp.; 179 images, 11 maps ISBN: 978-1-61121-254-9 Click […]
Read more...They Came Only to Die
They Came Only to Die: The Battle of Nashville, December 15–16, 1864 by Sean Michael Chick Savas Beatie, 2023 192 pp.; 150 images; 10 maps ISBN: 978-1-61121-637-0 Click here to order * * * About the book The November 1864 battle of Franklin left the Army of Tennessee stunned. In only a […]
Read more...That Field of Blood
“Upon this field of Antietam was fought one of the most desperate battles of the War of the Rebellion, upon the outcome of which hung the destinies and liberties of millions of human beings.” -Robert P. Kennedy, 23rd Ohio Infantry, October 13, 1903 That Field of Blood: The Battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862 Savas […]
Read more...That Furious Struggle
That Furious Struggle: Chancellorsville and the High Tide of the Confederacy, May 1-4, 1863 by Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White Savas Beatie, 2014 192 pp.; maps ISBN: 978-1-61121-219-8 Click here to order Also available in Audiobook! Click here to order “Richly illustrated, including scores of maps and photographs, this book is part battle history […]
Read more...To the Bitter End
“We do not know whether armed resistance is over or whether we are to fight on to the biter end.” — Kate Stone, May 20, 1865 “[O]fficers of the division were steadfast to the bitter end.” — Col. Winchester Hall, 26th Louisiana, May 19, 1865 To the Bitter End: Appomattox, Bennett Place, and the Surrenders […]
Read more...To Hazard All
“The present seems to be the most propitious time since the commencement of the war for the Confederate Army to enter Maryland,” wrote Robert E. Lee following his army’s stunning success at Second Manassas. To Hazard All: A Guide to the Maryland Campaign, 1862 by Robert Orrison & Kevin R. Pawlak Savas Beatie, 2018 192 […]
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